Queensland Sites
Stradbroke Domain
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Landscape Architect: Cardno S.P.L.A.T.
Location: Stradbroke Domain is located on East Coast Road at Point Lookout on North Stradbroke Island, East of Brisbane in South Eastern Queensland.
Listed as A Case Study for the AILA's 2008 National Climate Change Project
SUMMARY
The brief was to remodel the site to retain the beach holiday essence and leafy character, yet package it anew in line with the high environmental and holiday experience standards expected by the new generation of North Stradbroke Island residents and regulars.
The existing trees are the cornerstone of the 2ha site. Small ‘beach shacks’ and ‘villas’ nestle amongst the trees in a streetscape-like arrangement, sensitively detailed to create a resort seemingly carved out of the natural bushland. Our role as landscape architects was to guide the design development along paths leading to ecological integrity.
Special Factors:
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Tree retention - Large established trees have been retained in extraordinarily close proximity to buildings, driveways and pathways.
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Road Frontage - Completely landscaped to visually and ecologically integrate the Domain with both the bushland and the streetscape.
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Materials palette - plants 100% indigenous to Point Lookout. Sand tracks (reminiscent of beach accesses), crushed Island stone paths, roads and swales, reused granite stones. No imported topsoil and no ex-ground trees.
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Stormwater treatment - All storm water returns directly to the water table via gravel soakage pits or swales (rock-lined or grass).
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Revegetation - The ‘embankment’ behind the site was degraded with weeds including many garden escapees from the original Tourist Park. These were removed and approximately 300m2 underwent supplementary planting.
Budget: construction budget $400,000; two stages; completed early 2006.
The Stradbroke Domain landscape promotes the validity, practicality, and ecological integrity of using indigenous vegetation in designed landscapes on a large scale. Possibly the largest single site to be redeveloped under the Point Lookout Development Control Plan to date, it realises the theoretical principle of 100% indigenous species and sets a tangible and exemplary example to future development on the Island.
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2008
